title: [Experience of twenty-one cases of tracheo-bronchoplasty].
abstract: Twenty-one cases of tracheo-bronchoplasty were performed in Akita University Hospital from 1997 to 2007. There are 14 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 3 cases of adenocarcinoma, 2 cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma, 1 case of inflammatory tracheal stenosis, and 1 case of inflammatory bronchial stenosis. We performed 12 cases of right upper sleeve lobectomy, 4 cases of left upper sleeve lobectomy, 2 cases of left lower sleeve lobectomy, 1 case of right sleeve pneumonectomy, and 2 cases of tracheoplasty. Of 3 cases, we added sleeve resection of pulmonary artery. The ends of the bronchus are anastomosed end-to-end. The bronchial anastomotic suture was carried out peri-cartilaginously through all layers using an interrupted suture technique except for membranous portion. Membranous portion was sutured a continuous anastomotic technique. We use monofilament, absorbable suture material.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Akita University School of Medicne, Akita, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Minamiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001980:Bronchi / Q000601:surgery*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*